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Al Schmidt: “In Pennsylvania, you can only return your own ballot. You…”

Featuring: Al Schmidt, Republican | Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Secretary of Commonwealth Reminds Voters to Prepare for May 19 Primary Election

Published | Video Starts at 23:36

If one is available in your county, you have to be the one to drop it off, right? Yes, you can only In Pennsylvania, you can only return your own ballot. You can't return someone else's ballot. and that does occasionally occur. And you have to send people away. I know when I ran elections in Philadelphia, I had to do the same thing, Tom. (23:36–23:46)

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Asserts that Pennsylvania law requires individuals to return only their own mail ballots.

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